Team Player

The career arc is genuinely interesting. Team Player got off the mark at Chester in July 2025, which is one of the most unique and demanding tracks in Britain — a tight, almost circular course where position and tactical awareness matter enormously. Landing a first win there suggests a horse with a bit of nous about it. Since then, the momentum has only built. Three wins from the last six races is the kind of form that makes trainers smile and rivals nervous, and the sequence reads 1-1-blank-3-blank-1, meaning when Team Player does finish out of the places, it bounces straight back.

The most recent win came at Musselburgh just this week — a track on the doorstep of the yard, which matters more than people might think. Ewan Whillans trains out of Hawick in the Scottish Borders, and getting a winner at your local track, in front of a home crowd, carries a particular satisfaction. Whillans has sent out 28 winners this season, which tells you this is a yard operating with real confidence right now.

The one nuance worth flagging is the Class 4 record: one win from seven races at that level, which works out at roughly 1 in 7, or about 14%. That is modest compared to what Team Player has shown elsewhere, and it raises the question of whether the horse simply finds its best form when the conditions are slightly more in its favour. Whatever the answer, the overall picture is of a horse in the form of its life — racing just yesterday and still winning. If you were looking for a horse to follow right now, you could do a lot worse.